TALLAHASSEE — Central Floridians who get new telephone numbers will be assigned a new area code of 689 sometime within the next 10 months, in a sign of the region’s burgeoning population and economic growth. Members of the Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously for the new...

Toothless the bearded dragon had a look at Repticon in Kissimmee on Saturday that betrayed his disinterest. Often, the only real proof that he wasn’t a statue was a sign placed near him by his owner Dawn Taber informing onlookers that, yes, Toothless is alive. Perhaps the reptile was embarrassed...

If you can hold off another four years and have $145 million to spare – and, honestly, who doesn’t? – a French company wants to send you into space from Kennedy Space Center for an out-of-this-world marriage proposal. ApoteoSurprise Agency will start booking flights in March 2022 for hopeless romantics...

A T-shirt design contest for the OrlandoiX tech conference, planned for Full Sail University Aug. 17-18, has opened its public voting period. The winning design will earn $250 cash, with a winner expected to be announced July 16. OrlandoiX is a two-day conference that showcases Orlando’s tech and...

An insurance company has asked a federal judge to limit the liability it could face related to a murder at a hotel it provides coverage for, an attack that sent a second victim to the hospital. StarStone National Insurance Co. of New Jersey claims that a policy held by Polynesian Inn LLC, which...

Orlando’s tech community is taking a shot at helping nonprofit organizations and social groups. Leaders of local agencies in need will share with local technology leaders problems that could use a tech-centric solution at the first meeting of the Momentum group on Monday. Teams will then form around...

An Orlando defense company will build a prototype of a simulated shoulder-fired missile launcher after landing a $500,000 contract from the U.S. Army. Cole Engineering Services won the deal with the U.S. Army’s Orlando-based Training and Readiness Accelerator, known as TReX. The simulator is meant...